Indiana
Indiana family asking for help finding man with medical issues
BROOKVILLE, Ind. (WXIX) – A family in Franklin County, Ind., is asking for help finding a man who has been missing for two weeks.
A Silver Alert has been issued for Roger Purcell. Purcell is 50 years old and lives with his mom after he suffered a stroke eight years ago.
The stroke caused brain damage. He’s also diabetic.
His mother, Ruth, said he started wandering away from their home in the middle of June. She had been able to find him until he went missing on June 21.
She last saw him in his recliner before she went to bed.
“I woke up at 5 a.m.,” Ruth said. “I got up to check his insulin to make sure his sugar was OK and he was gone.”
Ruth believes he fed their horses before he disappeared because some of their feed was gone. He didn’t take his wallet or his cell phone.
Local police and fire, as well as Cincinnati Search and Rescue, searched her property looking for him.
“They searched a lot and tried to use a drone, but couldn’t get through the tree cover,” Ruth said.
Purcell was a local basketball coach for 20 years before the stroke. His mom hopes someone has information on where he’s at.
“If someone gave him a ride somewhere we don’t know where he’s ended up,” Ruth said. “We are putting flyers up hoping to get some kind of a lead.”
Purcell is 5-foot-8 and around 260 pounds. Anyone with information on him or his disappearance should call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department at 765-647-4138.
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Saturday, May 30, 2026 12:14AM
HIGHLAND, Ind. (WLS) — Police are searching for a missing man with autism who was last seen riding a bicycle near his home in Northwest Indiana.
Brody Shelton, 21, was last seen around noon Thursday near Laporte Street and Johnston Street in Highland, Indiana, officials said.
Indiana State Police have issued a Silver Alert as the the search for Shelton continues.
He is 5 feet 2 inches tall, 155 pounds, brown hair with brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a beige and green sweatshirt, and riding a blue/green Huffy mountain bike, police said.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Highland Police Department at 219-838-3184 or 911.
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(The REPORTER) — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 10, regarding a proposed corridor improvement project on State Road 32 in Hamilton County.
The hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to interact with the project team, review the features of the proposed roundabout project, and provide official public comment. Project documents are available for review at improvetomove32.com.
The project area is between East Street in Westfield and River Road in Noblesville. The proposed project includes adding lanes to accommodate two lanes in each direction, removing all traffic signals within the project limits, and constructing roundabouts at the following intersections with SR 32:
- Carey Road/Grassy Branch Road
- Gunther Boulevard
- Shady Nook Road
- Moontown Road/Gray Road
- Pebble Brook Boulevard
- Hazel Dell Road/Little Chicago Road
- Mill Creek Road
The hearing will take place at Prairie Waters Event Center, 4180 Westfield Road, Westfield. Doors will open at 5 p.m. to allow the public to view displays and talk with the project team. A presentation will be given at 5:30 p.m., with a public comment session held directly after. INDOT is offering livestreams of all public meetings and hearings. You must register here in order to participate in the livestream. Livestream audience comments will only be accepted in written electronic form, not verbally. A recording of the livestream presentation will be posted on the project webpage and INDOT YouTube page after the hearing and will be available for at least 90 days.
All verbal statements recorded during the public hearing and all written comments submitted prior to, during and for a period of two weeks following the hearing date, will be evaluated, considered, and addressed in subsequent environmental documentation.
Written comments may be submitted within the comment period to Nick Batta, CMT, 8790 Purdue Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268; or sent via email to SR32HamiltonCounty@cmtengr.com.
INDOT respectfully requests comments be submitted by June 26.
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